There are times you need to look back to remember your strength. To remember where you came from and how far you’ve made it.
To remember that things work out in unexpected ways.
These photos are from 3.5 years ago. I had been divorced for a full year, living in Wisconsin in my first apartment ever after 4 children and 20 years of marriage.
My 2 oldest boys lived in Colorado, moved there after high school.
I laid in my bed one night and made a deal with the universe. “If I can get rid of everything I don’t need in the next 2 weeks, I’m moving to Colorado.”
Easy~Fucking~Peasy
Poof! All furniture gone.
I ran it past my 2 youngest kids who were living with my ex, (he made all the $ so the kids stayed put, no need to make them economically struggle). They told me to go for it and we’d figure out travel plans.
I grabbed my $1,000 in savings and off I went. No job, no place to live.
My first weekend in Colorado I took a backpacking trip with my oldest son.
There’s so much more to this tale……..so much…….but I look at the photos and ask myself, “Where is that Mare? That brave little woman who moved across the country and let the divine lead her?”
She’s buried under financial strain, buried under poor health and not enough answers. Buried under a scary brain MRI result and waiting for the next doctors appointment. Buried under intense physical pain and fatigue.
She took 6 different jobs when she got to Colorado and literally worked herself into the ground. Physically she’s a train wreck.
That spirit, the one that believes anything is possible, it’s in there. It’s still there. The divine is always speaking…………..”Mare, get your head out of your ass.”
You’re capable of everything you set your mind to and anything that you desire ❤
Thanks for sharing the great photos and a really motivating story. I love Colorado, I bet living there is lovely!
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Thanks V, I appreciate you and your comment 🙂 I do love Colorado, I’ve got ants in my pants and have never lived by the ocean. No matter how shitty my health decides to be the ocean may be my next adventure!
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I hope you find some answers and pain relief soon. It must be very scary, as well as costly. Medical expenses in the states are shocking.
Thanks for sharing your journey with us. I enjoyed seeing your pictures and reading about your move out West. I made a similar leap of faith when I moved from Ohio to New Mexico with my first husband and our toddler many years ago. All we brought was a carload of stuff. We spent the first month camping in the mountains while we searched for a house to rent. Looking back now I don’t know if I was brave or stupid!😅
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Thank you 🙂 Thankfully I don’t have any medical expenses, Colorado’s Medicaid program is amazing. At least I have that going for me!
Isn’t it amazing to look back over our lives? I’d say you were pretty darn brave 🙂
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I’m glad to hear that medical bills aren’t an additional stress. Like you said it’s good to look back and see how far we’ve come. I wish I was as brave as when I was younger. Even though it all worked out I find it harder to take risks these days.
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It’s all the darn thinking we do as we age! We think ourselves out of so much
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Yes… and experience makes us weary. I’ve witnessed enough tragedy to know things don’t always work out as hoped.
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Sending wishes of lotsa health, strength and patience your way.
You can do it!
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Thanks Goldie 🙂
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I SO HEAR YOU!!
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Thank you 🙂
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This post breaks my heart. I know of that Mare you speak of very, very well. I pray every day that you find your answers and find health again. You are a badass, keep up the fight. I love you my beautiful friend.
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Hey there beautiful friend 🙂 I love you too!
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Oh I loved this post – you are still that same person Mare – keep going one foot after the other. ❤️
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One foot, long pause………then the other foot bwahahaha!
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It takes a LOT of COURAGE to decide to pick up with almost nothing and make some changes, but by doing so one is renewed, new challenges to face, new friends to meet!…..When I was unhappy one place, I just put on the old walking shoes & start out walking, and here I am at 74, still making changes…..Always, I met a friend to help me out, like now, I have wonderful neighbors helping me out over the loss of my Love/ Best friend of 35 years, we mourn, my Love, but we must continue on….. ~~~~~On that “Thinking” J. Krishnamurti’s “Commentaries on Living” 3 Series, 1974, have been a big help to me over these many years…
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Thank you so much for your response. Jase and I are sorry for your loss. Yes, we must continue on no matter what. We are happy you’ve found friends that are helpful. ☺️
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Thank YOU, so much, it is caring people like yourselves that help to make the burden of this loss so much easier to bear……Happy Holy-Days……
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To you as well!
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